The laptop was invented in 1981 By Adam Osborne. He created what historians say was the very first portable laptop. The Osborne 1 was a 24 pound Laptop computer. With two built in floppy disk drives. Which the floppy disks could hold 91 kb of data. These floppy disks were actually floppy they were thin and extremely flimsy.The Osborne 1 was a major hit in the business industry. Now instead of carrying a brief case around all they had to do was bring the Osborne. and all there documents would be on there.
Old floppy Disk
HOW IT WAS MADE
The Osborne 1 was a 24 pound Microcomputer (or laptop) that was $1795. The Osborne was first designed with ten prototypes. Then a quick decision was made and they went to building it with a plastic body. The Osborne was a
Advertizment for the Osborne 1
"fold able" computer. it looked like a big brief case and you would set down and unclip the two clips and you would pull the keyboard and set it down in front. Osborne had become a computer hobbyist he wrote a programming manual for the Intels first micro processor. The Osborne 1 could handle being dropped and it was small enough to be able to fit under an airplane seat.
THE LAPTOP
HISTORY
The laptop was invented in 1981 By Adam Osborne. He created what historians say was the very first portable laptop. The Osborne 1 was a 24 pound Laptop computer. With two built in floppy disk drives. Which the floppy disks could hold 91 kb of data. These floppy disks were actually floppy they were thin and extremely flimsy.The Osborne 1 was a major hit in the business industry. Now instead of carrying a brief case around all they had to do was bring the Osborne. and all there documents would be on there.HOW IT WAS MADE
The Osborne 1 was a 24 pound Microcomputer (or laptop) that was $1795. The Osborne was first designed with ten prototypes. Then a quick decision was made and they went to building it with a plastic body. The Osborne was a"fold able" computer. it looked like a big brief case and you would set down and unclip the two clips and you would pull the keyboard and set it down in front. Osborne had become a computer hobbyist he wrote a programming manual for the Intels first micro processor. The Osborne 1 could handle being dropped and it was small enough to be able to fit under an airplane seat.